00:00Imagine you could make a controlled explosion run in a circle so fast that it catches up
00:07with itself. Sounds crazy? That's exactly the principle behind NASA's latest toy,
00:13the so-called rotating detonation engine. Let's dive right into the technology. A rotating
00:20detonation engine, or RDE for short, is not an ordinary rocket engine. As if a rocket engine
00:28could ever be ordinary. In conventional engines, we burn propellants in a controlled, relatively slow
00:34way, if you can call it that. With the RDE on the other hand, we ignite a detonation wave. A
00:41combustion
00:41process that travels faster than sound. This detonation wave races in a circular channel
00:48around the engine's central axis. Imagine a donut with an explosion running in a circle inside it.
00:58It's also a pinball at the bottom. You can use it into a synchronization wave and a
00:58motion. As if you aim to play the video, it is official. It goes to normal in a two-year
00:58-old
00:58mode, and even if you're not on the other hand, we'll see the power of the moaning in a
00:59severe moment. You have to worry about a moment. You have to worry about a sudden
00:59moving, really? Sure.
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